The Znamya Truda Sentinel
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Daniel Yegorov, 21, steals the show — 7.78
Marked 7.78 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Alexandr Stavpets, 37, rolls back the years — 8.32
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.32 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Evgeny Morev runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Dec 2026
Znamya Truda make home a hard place to visit
10 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Znamya Truda
Alexandr Stavpets and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match19 Dec 2026
Daniel Yegorov sends Znamya Truda past Dinamo St Petersburg
It finished 2‑1, and it was Daniel Yegorov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Znamya Truda.
The terraces21 Dec 2026
One of their own: Daniel Yegorov
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Alexey Naidenov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Kirill Yevseyev has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Kirill Yevseyev on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Znamya Truda
- Squad Daniil Dementjev has to sit this one out
- Market The Alexandr Usov question follows Znamya Truda around